List of Boston Bruins head coaches

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There have been 27 head coaches of the Boston Bruins since the team was established in 1924. Art Ross has had four separate stints as Bruins coach, while Harry Sinden has had three stints and Milt Schmidt two.

# Name Dates Games Record Winning %
1 Art Ross 1924 – 1928 154 64–72–18 .474
2 Cy Denneny 1928 – 1929 44 26–13–5 .648
- Art Ross 1929 – 1934 232 124–76–32 .603
3 Frank Patrick 1934 – 1936 96 48–36–12 .563
- Art Ross 1936 – 1939 144 89–39–16 .674
4 Cooney Weiland 1939 – 1941 96 58–20–18 .698
- Art Ross 1941 – 1945 198 84–90–24 .485
5 Dit Clapper 1945 – 1949 230 102–88–40 .530
6 George Boucher 1949 – 1950 70 22–32–16 .429
7 Lynn Patrick 1950 – 1955 310 117–130–63 .479
8 Milt Schmidt 1955 – 1961 460 172–203–75 .455
9 Phil Watson 1961 – 1963 84 16–55–13 .268
- Milt Schmidt 1963 - 1966 266 73–157–46 .361
10 Harry Sinden 1966 – 1970 296 136–105–55 .552
11 Tom Johnson 1970 – 1973 208 142–43–23 .738
12 Bep Guidolin 1973 – 1974 104 72–23–9 .736
13 Don Cherry 1974 – 1979 400 231–105–64 .658
14 Fred Creighton 1979 – 1980 73 40–20–13 .637
- Harry Sinden 1980 7 6–1–0 .857
15 Gerry Cheevers 1980 – 1984 376 204–126–46 .604
- Harry Sinden 1984 – 1985 24 11–10–3 .521
16 Butch Goring 1985 – 1986 93 42–38–13 .522
17 Terry O'Reilly 1986 – 1989 227 115–86–26 .564
18 Mike Milbury 1989 – 1991 160 90–49–21 .628
19 Rick Bowness 1991 – 1992 80 36–32–12 .525
20 Brian Sutter 1992 – 1995 216 120–73–23 .609
21 Steve Kasper 1995 – 1996 164 66–78–20 .463
22 Pat Burns 1997 – 2000 254 105–103–46–6 .444
23 Mike Keenan 2000 – 2001 74 33–34–7 .547
24 Robbie Ftorek 2001 - 2003 155 76–52–14–13 .577
25 Mike O'Connell 2003 9 3–3–3 .500
26 Mike Sullivan 2003 – 2006 164 70–56–15–23 .543
27 Dave Lewis 2006–2007 82 35–41–6 --
28 Claude Julien 2007- present -- --

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